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Clerk of Works (Mechanical and Electrical)

📍Wakefield but will travel to various locations in West Yorkshire
💷 Salary: £41,487 - £44,700
📅 Permanent, full-time role (37 hours per week)

Looking for a Clerk of Works role where you can make a real impact across a diverse estate?

This key position sits within West Yorkshire Police’s Estates & Business Services Directorate, providing expert M&E support across a diverse estate of around 100 operational and specialist buildings. We’re looking for someone who can work confidently both independently and as part of a busy team, managing a varied workload with ease.

As a key member of our technical team, you’ll deliver in‑house assurance, on‑site inspections, contractor oversight and compliance monitoring across projects, reactive and planned maintenance, and major installations. You’ll work closely with project managers, engineers and specialists to keep our estate safe, compliant and performing at its best.

This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled building services professional to play a vital role in maintaining and improving a complex live estate while contributing to impactful projects that directly support frontline policing. The role is based primarily in Central Wakefield; however, the ability to travel throughout West Yorkshire is essential.

Role and Responsibilities

You will play a key role in ensuring the safe, compliant and efficient delivery of all mechanical and electrical works across the estate. This includes overseeing contractor performance, carrying out on‑site inspections, contributing to surveys, validating compliance, and helping project teams resolve technical issues and improving asset data.

To succeed, you’ll need a strong working knowledge of industry regulations, standards, and Health and Safety requirements, along with the ability to tackle day‑to‑day issues and solve practical problems with confidence.

Key duties include:

Supervising mechanical and electrical elements of construction, refurbishment, repairs and maintenance works

Carrying out on‑site inspections, audits, validations and monitoring to ensure compliance with design, specification, legislation and industry best practice

Supporting the delivery of M&E engineering projects, including planned and reactive maintenance and minor works

Liaising with contractors, consultants and internal teams to resolve technical issues and maintain consistent standards

Monitoring performance of mechanical and electrical systems, including Building Management Systems (BMS), to ensure safety, reliability and effectiveness

Working to tender specifications, contract documentation and technical drawings

Identifying risks, escalating issues and ensuring corrective action is taken where required

Undertaking building condition and dilapidation surveys to support asset management and project planning

Witnessing testing and commissioning of new installations and providing technical guidance to colleagues

Expectations

To succeed in this role, you will be expected to:

Communicate effectively with contractors, consultants and internal teams, providing clear written and verbal technical advice

Work confidently with specifications, tender scopes, pricing documents and technical design drawings

Coordinate and manage contractors across multidisciplinary projects, reactive repairs, planned maintenance and PPM programmes

Validate contractor payment applications (ideal but not essential)

Apply strong mechanical and electrical engineering knowledge to diagnose and solve technical issues

Manage competing priorities, work under pressure and meet deadlines

Interpret regulations, design documentation and compliance requirements accurately

Apply Health and Safety, Building Regulations and statutory standards in daily work

Work independently and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team

Travel throughout West Yorkshire as required

Essential Criteria

A qualified building services engineer with relevant mechanical or electrical experience

City & Guilds Level 3 / ONC Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or professional experience demonstrating equivalent competency

Strong knowledge of current industry regulations, standards and Health and Safety legislation

Experience managing and coordinating mechanical and electrical contractors

Ability to work to specifications, tender scopes and technical drawings

Experience validating contractor payment applications

Excellent technical communication skills

Ability to prioritise a varied workload and work both independently and as part of a team

Please note this vacancy closes on 12th November 2026 at 23:55 hours.

Make a real difference behind the scenes in policing.

👉 Apply now and find out more: VB7991 - Clerk of Works (Mechanical and Electrical) - West Yorkshire Police

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